Current through Chapter 123 of the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 15-14-805 - Agreement requirements - signature - witnesses or notary public(1) A supported decision-making agreement may be in any form but is valid only if it contains, at a minimum, the following: (a) The name of the adult with a disability;(b) The name, address, phone number, and e-mail address of the member of the supportive community, if applicable;(c) A list of decisions the adult with a disability requests the member of the supportive community to advise the adult with a disability on;(d) A description of the member of the supportive community's agreement terms, including, at a minimum, the agreement term to: (I) Provide information as requested by the adult with a disability;(II) Respect that the final and ultimate decision is the adult with the disability's and not the member of the supportive community's;(III) Not coerce or manipulate the adult with the disability into making any decision; and(IV) Provide the most up-to-date and relevant information to the adult with the disability based on all the available and known information the member of the supportive community has.(e) A notice that any mandatory reporter, as described in section 18-6.5-108, who is relying on the supported decision-making agreement and has cause to believe that the adult with a disability is being mistreated, as defined in section 18-6.5-102 (10.5), by the member of the supportive community, shall report the alleged mistreatment to adult protective services; and(f) The day, month, and year the agreement was entered into.(2) A supported decision-making agreement must be signed voluntarily, without coercion or undue influence, by the adult with a disability and each member of the supportive community in the presence of two or more attesting and disinterested witnesses who are eighteen years of age or older, or a notary public.Added by 2021 Ch. 61,§1, eff. 9/7/2021.